Is the Lateralized Categorical Perception of Color a Situational Effect of Language on Color Perception?

Zhong, Weifang; Li, You; Huang, Yulan; He, Li; Mo, Lei

doi:10.1111/cogs.12493

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“…Somewhat more circumstantial evidence for the involvement of language in color perception comes from findings that in color discrimination tasks people show a larger between-category advantage in the right visual field (which projects to the left hemisphere) than in the left visual field [47,53,55,58,59], that verbal interference selectively affects between-category discrimination in the right visual field [55], and that the lateralization difference is already ob-served in early visual processing as measured by EEGs [60]. In related studies using functional neuroimaging, it has been found that color discrimination tasks evoke activity in cortical regions associated with naming (e.g., the left middle and superior temporal gyrus), that this activation is stronger for colors viewed in the right visual field [61], and that discriminating easy to name colors evoked greater activity in "naming" regions compared to discriminating harder-to-name colors [62].…”

Section: Effects Of Language On Discriminationmentioning

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Effects of Language on Visual Perception

Lupyan

Rahman

Boroditsky

et al. 2020

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

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Does language change what we perceive? Does speaking different languages cause us to perceive things differently? We review the behavioral and electrophysiological evidence for the influence of language on perception, with an emphasis on the visual modality. Effects of language on perception can be observed both in higher-level processes such as recognition, and in lower-level processes such as discrimination and detection. A consistent finding is that language causes us to perceive in a more categorical way. Rather than being fringe or exotic, as they are sometimes portrayed, we discuss how effects of language on perception naturally arise from the interactive and predictive nature of perception.

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Section: Effects Of Language On Discriminationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of Language on Visual Perception

Lupyan

Rahman

Boroditsky

et al. 2020

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

154

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“…Therefore, the key notion leading the research on linguistic relativity is not whether minds are dependent on a given language but how verbal labels and categories interact with cognition across different contexts (Thierry, 2016;Zhong et al, 2017). Topics currently being studied include: cross-cultural comparisons (i.e., Boroditsky, 2001;Casasanto, 2008), the exploration of categorical effects under different interference conditions (i.e., Roberson and Davidoff, 2000;Gilbert et al, 2006;Winawer et al, 2007), and the time course of the effect, which informs whether perception or higher cognitive processes are involved (Mo et al, 2011;Clifford et al, 2012;He et al, 2014;Forder et al, 2017).…”

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Blues in Two Different Spanish-Speaking Populations

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Several studies investigating color discrimination across languages have shown a facilitation effect in groups that employ more than one term to refer to a given color. While Uruguayans use "azul" to refer to dark blue and "celeste" for light blue, Spaniards use "azul" for dark blue and the compound terms "azul celeste" or "azul claro" for light blue. In this study, Uruguayan and Spanish participants discriminated between pairs of color stimuli that lie at different distances from each other on the blue color spectrum in three different sessions: a session with no interference (basic task), one with verbal and one with visual interference. Only the Uruguayans were more accurate at distinguishing between stimuli associated with different color terms. Furthermore, while both Uruguayans and Spaniards showed a category effect in response times, the effect was strongest for Uruguayans when items were closer to each other on the color spectrum (i.e., more difficult). This study is unique in that we observed different Whorfian effects in two groups that speak the same language but differ in their use of color-specific terms. Our results contribute to the discussion of whether and to what extent language or other cultural variables affect the perception of different color categories.

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“…We shall return to this point later. We finally note that CF2s may depend on culture and on scientific advances as demonstrated by (24).…”

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The Autism Palette: Combinations of Impairments Explain the Heterogeneity in ASD

2020

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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous neuropsychiatric condition traditionally defined by core symptoms in social behavior, speech/communication, repetitive behavior, and restricted interests. Beyond the core symptoms, autism has strong association with other disorders such as intellectual disability (ID), epilepsy, schizophrenia among many others. This paper outlines a theory of ASD with capacity to connect heterogeneous “core” symptoms, medical and psychiatric comorbidities as well as other etiological theories of autism in a unifying cognitive framework rooted in neuroscience and genetics. Cognition is embedded into an ever-developing structure modified by experiences, including the outcomes of environment influencing behaviors. The key constraint of cognition is that the brain can handle only 7±2 relevant variables at a time, whereas sensory variables, i.e., the number of sensory neurons is orders of magnitude larger. As a result, (a) the extraction, (b) the encoding, and (c) the capability for the efficient cognitive manipulation of the relevant variables, and (d) the compensatory mechanisms that counteract computational delays of the distributed components are critical. We outline our theoretical model to describe a Cartesian Factor (CF) forming, autoencoder-like cognitive mechanism which breaks combinatorial explosion and is accelerated by internal reinforcing machineries and discuss the neural processes that support CF formation. Impairments in any of these aspects may disrupt learning, cognitive manipulation, decisions on interactions, and execution of decisions. We suggest that social interactions are the most susceptible to combinations of diverse small impairments and can be spoiled in many ways that pile up. Comorbidity is experienced, if any of the many potential impairments is relatively strong. We consider component spoiling impairments as the basic colors of autism, whereas the combinations of individual impairments make the palette of autism. We put forth arguments on the possibility of dissociating the different main elements of the impairments that can appear together. For example, impairments of generalization (domain general learning) and impairments of dealing with many variable problems, such as social situations may appear independently and may mutually enhance their impacts. We also consider mechanisms that may lead to protection.

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Is the Lateralized Categorical Perception of Color a Situational Effect of Language on Color Perception?

Cited by 8 publications

References 33 publications

Effects of Language on Visual Perception

Effects of Language on Visual Perception

Blues in Two Different Spanish-Speaking Populations

The Autism Palette: Combinations of Impairments Explain the Heterogeneity in ASD

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